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COMMANDER // 1766–1815

Guillaume Duhesme

divisional generalFrance5 battles2 wars

Lifespan

1766 – 1815

17701780179018001810Peninsular War · 1808-1814Napoleonic Wars · 1803-1815Battle of Gerona — June 20, 1808 · First French Empire · Peninsular WarBlockade of Barcelona — September 2, 1808 · French Empire · Peninsular WarPeninsular War — May 2, 1808 · France · Napoleonic WarsSecond Siege of Gerona — July 24, 1808 · First French Empire · Peninsular WarBattle of Mollet — January 21, 1810 · French Empire · Peninsular War

Active service 1808–1810 — 5 battles across 2 wars; first command at age 42.

Profile

Guillaume Philibert, 1st Count Duhesme was a French Army officer, politician and writer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was a commander of the Imperial Guard, Governor of Catalonia and a Peer of France. Napoleon wrote that "he was a fearless soldier, covered with wounds and of the greatest bravery, an accomplished general, who always stood firm in good and bad fortune". Duhesme is regarded as one of the most able French infantry generals of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Battles (5)

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